Finally.

Some positive news on the local football front.

The College Football Playoff championship game is returning to New Orleans .

Officials announced Wednesday that the Caesars Superdome will play host to the CFP title game for the 2027 season on Jan. 24, 2028.

The announcement was welcome news to local football fans who have suffered through an 0-4 start to the Saints season and back-to-back recent losses by Tulane and LSU to Ole Miss .

The 2028 game will enhance New Orleans’ long, proud history of hosting college football title games. It will be the first time New Orleans has hosted the game since the CFP expanded to a 12-team tournament format in 2024, but it hosted the CFP title game after the 2019 season and the BCS national title game every four years between 1999 and

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